Sefie tapped her foot impatiently. "Where's Max?"
"Maybe he got lost on the way down here." Suggested Travis. Jinjo whacked him upside the head.
"He may be a little new here, but he's not that lost." Travis rubbed the back of his neck.
"Chill guys," said Cody. He and his friends were waiting by Max's apartment building corner. He yawned. All of the Digidestined were up late last night working with the mysterious Ntropy. Cody jerked his head towards the doors. "Here he comes."
Sure enough, a rumpled looking Max came barreling though the doors. He looked more than a little sleepy and held a plastic Dunkin' Doughnuts mug in his hand. "Sorry I'm late."
"S'all okeeday!" chirped Sefie. "How ya doin' Mackie boy?!"
Max paled. "Wha- what did you call me?"
Sefie giggled. I heard your sister call you that when I called you up last night."
"I'm-gonna-kill-ate- I'm-gonna-kill-ate- I'm-gonna-kill-ate- I'm-gonna-kill-ate…" Thought Max, heatedly.
The four of them started walking.
"Pop quiz Max." Said Jinjo. She flicked her light brown hair over her shoulder and played with her hairpins. "Which way is it to school?" Max frowned and pointed. Jinjo wagged a finger at him. "Uh uh. Try again." He pointed in the opposite direction. "Ding ding ding! Second try!" Max groaned and hit his forehead with his hand.
"Ooh! Lookie lookie lookie!" yelled Sefie. She jumped excitedly. "Lookie! There's Izzy and Sora and Tai and Yolei an' ev'rybody!" She pointed to a mob of blue and green and started skipping towards them.
Jinjo, Cody and Travis sighed. Cody and Jinjo ran after the hyperactive 8-year old. Travis shook his head. "Gotta lower her sugar intake. Let's go!" He yanked on Max's book bag strap and ran after them.
"Hi hi hi Tai Tai Tai!" cried Sefie as she leapt into Tai's arms. It was fortunate for both of them that Tai didn't fall. Well, he crashed into Matt a little, but as long as they didn't fall, it was all right. "Tai! How are ya doin'! I haven't seen you in the looooooongest!"
Tai grinned. "Hey ya Sefie."
"She's quite the morning person." Observed Izzy.
"Kooshie!!!!" squealed Sefie. She jumped off of Tai and hugged Izzy's waist.
A huge sweat drop overtook Izzy's head. "Don't call me that."
"But that's your name, Kooshie!" said Sefie. Izzy only sighed.
"Kooshie?" said Max. "Huh?"
Cody took pity on Max and introduced them. "I guess you haven't been properly introduced. Max, this is Izzy. Izzy, this is Max."
Izzy pried an arm away from Sefie and clasped Max's hand. "Nice to meet you."
"So where did 'Kooshie' come from."
"From my first name, Koushiro," explained Izzy.
"But I thought your name's Izzy."
"Izzy's from my last name, Izumi." Izzy shook his head. "Forget it. Just call me Izzy."
"Uh, right."
Cody continued. "That's Tai and Sora. She's pretty, but don't lay a hand on her, she's Tai's girl." Both of them sent looks at Cody. "Uh, and a very pretty lady I might add…and a terrific soccer and tennis player."
"What's up?" greeted Tai. Jinjo elbowed Max.
"He's one of the older friends who's involved with the monsters. He's kinda their leader. Sora's one of them too." Max nodded with interest.
"The tall dude with the cool blond hair is Matt. We told you about him too." Said Travis. Max shook his head. Not remembering. "You know, band Matt. Guy who's out to kill me if I blow another amp…" Travis trailed off as he noticed Matt giving him the evil eye. "Uh, buddy, you're still not angry…uh are you?" Matt approached him with a menacing look. Travis ducked behind Max, hoping Matt wouldn't hurt him if there were someone in the crossfire. Matt raised his fists as if to sock him. Travis squeezed his eyes shut, waiting for the hit. When he opened them up again, he saw Matt grinning and holding out a hand.
"We're friends, don't worry about it." Travis sighed in relief and accepted the hand. "Just keep away from the amps and stick to your guitar and you'll be safe…for now." Travis gulped loudly.
"Uh, yeah." Said Cody. "The collage guy-" Joe coughed loudly. "The Collage guy," repeated Cody, ignoring the look Joe was giving him. "Is Joe. He's gonna be a doctor, so don't mess with him or his girlfriend, Mimi. He might use you for a lab, despite the Hippocratic oath, if you're not careful. You're pretty safe from Mimi, she's in America."
"Mimi, Matt and Joe are some of the older monster prone ones," added Travis in a whisper.
"See the one's with their noses in global books? They're TK, Kari and Davis. They're just starting high school and are really busy with classes. TK's Matt's younger brother, Kari is Tai's younger sister, and Davis, is, well, Davis."
"Hi Max." Kari smiled at him. TK looked up and nodded in greeting.
"That's Yolei. She's not as hyperactive as Sefie, but we love her anyway." Said Cody.
"Perfecto!" grinned Yolei.
"Izzy loves Yolei but Yolei loves everyone," Laughed Travis. Izzy almost whacked him with his pineapple computer. "Uh, especially Izzy." Izzy nodded.
"That's better."
"They're the younger ones that got caught up with all the monster stuff." Said Sefie. "I'm not sure who the leader is."
"It's nice to meet all of you." Said Max.
"Well," said Tai. "We gotta bounce." He looked at his watch. "We only have a few minutes before the bell rings. They all started to walk away. "See ya Cody. Bye guys."
"Ja ne!" chirped Sefie.
"Oh yeah!" Davis looked back. "Cody! The D2s are meeting at lunch. Think you can ditch French tutoring?"
"Yeah, sure. See you there, but it's your fault if I flunk the next test."
"We can take that chance." Grinned Davis. "Je suis aller au lupin. It est tres cher! Am I da bomb or what?"
"You just said you were going to the wolf and it is very expensive." Said TK.
"Shut up TR." TK rolled his eyes. "Later Cody." They turned away.
"What was that all about?" asked Jinjo.
Cody shrugged. "Nothing."
"It's gotta be something, or else it wouldn't be anything." Said Sefie. Cody paused, before responding. Sefie could get a little confusing sometimes.
"Just hanging out." replied Cody.
"What are D2s?" asked Travis. "I heard you guys use that term a few times."
Cody paused even longer. They really did need new code words. "Uh, it means, uh, It's the name of the CD Davis wants me to bring. We all love the group. They got the coolest songs…heh heh." Cody rubbed the back of his sweat-dropping head.
Travis, Max, Jinjo, and Sefie gave him disbelieving looks. "Riiiggghhttt." Drawled out Travis.